Mamere Knits Too Much

survival..........

2009-11-21T05:36:00.000-05:00

of the bunnies!!

was very relieved ~ my sister made them years ago ~the cutie pies have always loved them....

the boy lost his felt nose....and his jacket is a little smaller!

the dress came out ok

they look a bit fuzzier than normal ~ but they are clean ~ now i need to find them a little bench to sit on...

#3 walked out back last night - was greeted by 5 deer - guess they figured we won't shoot them so they're hanging out!

i had one deer standing about 30 feet away ~ eating while i went to feed the bunnies ~ didn't even care i had a flashlight! forgot he was in a box

the other morning i saw my first with antlers!! he was beautiful....had a black and white speckly face and not too big antlers.....hoping he is ok and not hunted!! forgot they were in a box

really busy.....

2009-11-16T07:39:00.003-05:00

doing nothing!! after 3 days of rain our pond filled

days just seem to slide by here..........

it's peaceful..........

we're saturating the area with applications ~ i prefer part time ~ so am hoping that helps employers who don't want to offer benefits!

hunting has commenced and i'm not happy!! see my teeth?? let me at those hunters!

we have a family of deer ~ they visit every evening ~ i haven't seen my family of turkeys in 4weeks :(

i'm worried about my big black bear too!! we thought they were "protected" but the local paper printed a picture of one shot & killed...wahhhhh! husbeast(ha!) thinks he found bear poo!!

oh boy!!

2009-11-11T06:29:00.001-05:00

there are quite a few knitting blogs out there

i have 6 or 8 that i follow every day ~ i like to see what they're knitting, what's happening in their world ~ i mostly lurk, commenting when i have questions or they've made me laugh out loud!!

Stit ches of Violet is one of the daily stops ~ yep! i actually have a folder that its name is "daily read blogs"

she has such a great blog...........lots of info on knitting, socks too! and lots of wonderful pics of the world around her.....i love the nesting box checks in the spring.......i like her doggies! and all the birds that land right where she can get the best pics!

~ she held a contest for her 5 years of blogging and offered up some sock yarn from SlackFord Studio ~ amazingly ~~ i won a skein!

it's so pretty ~~ don't ya think???

there were some lovely stitch markers with it!

(and i visited the shop - i like the BRIGHT yellow, the BLAZING pink - i see them in my future!)

didn't get picks of it on the tinkertoy swift ~ but it's wound now and ready to become some sockies!!!

Ms Marguerite ~ Thank You!! for letting all of us into your world ~~~

another week

2009-11-09T06:48:00.002-05:00

anticipating some chilly weather (which i have again been denied!) found one of my ISE scarves

it was looking good until i happened to see a spot where yarn pulled.........shouldn't have looked!!

ended up seeing all these little ends ~ couldn't figure it out ~ it'd been packed away ~ safely, securely guess the yarn deteriorated BLAH!

sat down to repair ~~ finally got to a place where could capture all stitches

and didn't see anymore bad yarn~ one side is now shorter ~ but hey! its a scarf ;)

it was sooooooooo frustrating that:

i crocheted this (and ate some pie!)

started scarves for Mr. Flurry

unpacked the bunnies ~ ~ they need a bath! today we'll figure out a cleaning plan.............you just can't toss them in the washer! RIGHT?? !

meanwhile...back at the non-ranch....

2009-11-03T09:16:00.004-05:00

we have a

it's very hard to get him to pose!

i think it's a "him"

on the knitting ranch.....

i only have these on the needles :(my favorite heel!!

usually there are more projects hanging around.....

but i started and finished this in a day......guess i need to start some more sockies!!!

please wake us when that thing gets in the house ~~ we need to explain all the rules!

oh so innocent!

2009-10-31T06:30:00.002-04:00

NOT!!

this annoying........dumba** cat has brought in field mice

thru the cat door...........the past 3 nights in a row!

mice??? mice??? where??? hmmmm, don't let her sweet fluffy innocent face fool you...........but she only watches ~ knows the rules..........no touching the alpha kitty's mice!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN !!!

no mittens!

2009-10-29T06:47:00.000-04:00

while the plan is there and the yarn/pattern is ready................

these decided they should be first!

they've grown fast ~~ the yarn is from my win at Sockamania

but the pattern is a Wendy Knits purchased from The Loopy Ewe ~~a long while back

~~mainly cuz i haven't purchased any yarns or patterns in FOREVER!

ummmmmmmmm, i DO have a uhhhhhh fairly large, nahhhh, a large stash of sock yarn tho, so don't feel too sorry for me!!

BOO! (hoo! don't cry it's just a joke)

verry foggy this morning and no snow! it's actually been quite warm here........blah!

sorry my sweet bunnies!

satisfaction Socks!

2009-10-26T05:07:00.001-04:00

aka: TG they are DONE!this yarn has bugged me since day one! i can't tell you how many different patterns i tried (welp! i could but you don't really want to know)

and while i liked this pattern ~ it really didn't fit the yarn ~ but i was OVER it and this yarn was gonna leave the stash ~ one way or another!

these were the NEVER ending blue BLURRS........i swear.....they were easy.........12 row repeat.....but felt like i'd been knitting them for months (i had!) the yarn is a bamboo/wool blend ~ i kinda freaked when washing them ~ the yarn got all stiff and.........i don't know, it was weird, but now that they're dry again they are back to soft and smooshy ~ whew!

so i started then finished it!

it's kinda sad........i bought this yarn and color because of all the pics i've seen and how intense the colors are (the colorway name is "intense")not like that in real life! very muted. not loud and bright........the flash of everyone's camera made the colors POP

but.................will start the matching mittens today :P (the pattern is great ~ and looks good inside out too!)

made another of ~ because the one from last year gets used everyday as a coffee mug coaster!

redoing ~ cuz our smarmy basement ~ made it collapse!

it's lasted ALL these years (about 17) to fall victim to a wet basement??? i don't think so! unwound the tangled yarn, washed it, bought balloons, and it's drying again now ~ also saved the felt face ~ so it will be (almost) the same!

no words

2009-10-22T09:21:00.002-04:00

two words

2009-10-20T08:40:00.004-04:00

too scarey

frosty morning

gimme snow

frosty bunnies!

almost knee

lone sock

cold cat

colder cat

got some wild color mini moch yarn ~ hat and mittens!

twelve ~ 12 ~ twelve ~ 12 ~ twelve!!

2009-10-18T05:55:00.003-04:00

Happy......!

Happy.......!!

Birthday!!!

L B !!

you have

grown into

quite the young lady

love you! have a fabulous day :)

weird random got nothing

2009-10-16T07:12:00.010-04:00

it's been a mish mash of things around here (pond fish)

still working on the blue socks..........hope to finish those this weekend (they have somewhere to be!)

still working on the MOJO socks ~ the fun of changing pattern rows is fading ~ they'll become ankle socks cuz i want them done :P

had my first interview in 24 years..........wasn't planning on really working again ~ but stuff ~ i want to do and all.....requires some moola......it was very interesting! i.e.: "what are your strengths, what are your weaknessess, what would you do if this happened, tell us about your prior duties"

blah blah blah! we shall see! i am (kinda) getting bored after 5months of no work ~ NO the basement is not unpacked ~ come do it for me!

anyway...........the other day ~ picked up #3 ~ it was dark sooo DARK coming back up mountain ~ ya know, there aren't any street lights here! oh, we have our own at the bottom of the drive near the house, but elswhere ~ nope! when you look in the rearview mirror ~ BLACKNESS

any whoooooooo,,,,,picked him up, we're on our way around the mountain (have to go around before going up!) come around this curve and..........a nice fat HUGE black bear is loping down the road!

it was so cool :) .........the fur on his legs was shimmering and flopping and it just made you want to...reach out and.......pet it.....

i sped up a little (welp! you can only go about 20-25 anyway, so no real speed up) and he keeps running in front of the car!

#3 ~ by now ~ is saying "DON'T STOP" .....yeh, like i'm going to stop to see a black bear (be quiet-i have not done that before)

~ only he knows that i stop to talk to our neighbor's hog, and the other neighbor's horses and new baby cow, and the other neighbor's dogs and cats. YOU would too.....

he's sure our neighbors think i'm crazy ~ and i use the word 'neighbors' very loosely ~ we have 20 acres and they each probably have around the same ~ definitely not like the city ~ we can't even see their houses from our house ~ but they are there??

oh, i'm rambling............the bear..........he decided to cut through the woods and creek and made his way to where-ever!

we get home, husbeast(ha!) is sleeping ~ it WAS 1am or so ~ he wakes up and says something and i respond: "We gotta get a gun" !!

which is so off the wall for me........i hate guns, the boys really didn't even have guns as kids, maybe a squirt gun or nerf thing here or there but......i hate guns!

now husbeast(ha!) is mad cuz i got to see a bear first..........

p.s. i do not plan to shoot the bear ~ ughhh not me ~ but need to be prepared ~ or maybe the sound will scare him??

flashback!

2009-10-12T18:49:00.004-04:00

miss you! come back!

glad we...........

2009-10-09T08:18:00.007-04:00

had the camera!!!

the weather has been beautiful!! crisp in the mornings, sunny afternoons.........

the leaves are changing colors ~ colors i remember from childhood in upstate NY

the small town seems to be getting ready for winterthe black dots are my wild turkeys!! yes, i consider them MINE

Now on to why i was glad to have the camera in the car........READY??

you sure?

really SURE you want to see this??

ok................

yesterday we passed..........this.......yep! we have yOrd sales here :)

i know what you're thinking........looks like there is a little line to make it an A but it's only where the paint ran down ~ look at the other letters! and the aaa in sale is capital

okay, okay, i'm sorry i'm sorry, i admit to laughing hysterically and i know it's not right!

next time we passed it ~ someone'd corrected it

this cat.........

2009-10-07T02:58:00.006-04:00

sleeps LOUDLY~~

it's not really snoring........because there are more noises than SNORE

"leave me alone!"

this cat..........this cat.........

doesn't ~ do anything LOUDLY

but you must be careful of the CLAWS!

stalled Socks!

2009-10-05T14:10:00.000-04:00

making these longer than usual ~ even with the sport weight yarn and larger needles ~ ran out of yarn!

that happened friday evening ~ was going to take label, get another skein saturday ~ totally forgot! ~ see how they swirl opposite??

so i worked on these!

i'm calling them my ~~ ha!ha! socks!

they make me laugh

today it's all about laughter :)

permission granted.......

2009-10-03T14:22:00.001-04:00

T has been hanging out with J..........she has 2 sweet little boys........that i'm trying to get a sense of..........for their fake names here on the blog!

they're 1 and almost 3 ..............and just adorable!

the littlest one ~ the first day i met him ~ started calling me the Gword! what a hoot!

told T and J that they need to teach them how to say Mamere! no Gword here :)

the oldest one wanted me to take his picture on my cell so he could see himself................

after checking with their mom, and explaining my thingy about no real names for the kids on the blog..............here they are!!!

unexpected........windfall?

2009-09-30T08:08:00.006-04:00

while working on and

i ordered some more size 1 circs from Knitpicks ~ cuz you can't have enough size 1 ~ i like the harmony needles!

the package i went to get at the psycho post office..........should've been compact enough to fit in our PO box..................soooooooo i was quite suprised to see

then ........hey! where are the needles??

ooop ~~ k, there they are

after reading every word on my invoice ~ no i did not order and was not charged for the ??

i called them ~ they were as confused as i ~ an offer to return it was refused ~ are you sure? it's still in the box!

a "Happy Knitting" ended our conversation

then i got caught playing instead of job apps

............but it's fault........he usually lets me know when husbeast(ha!) arrives

it's monday!

2009-09-28T07:37:00.003-04:00

saturday was a DOWNPOUR here ~ all day ~ all day! i started to worry that there wouldn't be enough rain/precipitation to give us a snowy winter ~ and i was PROMISED snow!

husbeast(ha!) was sooooooooooo bored ~ he pretty much drove the rest of us crazy!

cept there was a brief lull in the rain and he went down the mountain to take out the trash ~ yep! we have to drive to take out trash/recycle ~ very different from putting the cans at the curb on wednesdays ~ heh!

C D B called several times ~ it's too cool the way he has grown! sounds like he had a GREAT birthday and lots of CAKE! when i asked about ice cream he told me "no, no ice cream mamere, no ice cream" hmmmmmmmmm, i bet there was ice cream??

sunday ~ what a sunday! the sky cleared, the sun came out! husbeast(ha!) ditched the rest of us for the plane ~ woot!

today ~~ my main objective is to get to the post office while it's OPEN ~ geez, i can't seem to get my package that's been sitting there! it won't fit in the PO box - weird cuz we've a large one - and these workers here - welp, they don't hesitate to "return to sender" - which we've experienced -when only the physical address is on the item - GOT to have the PO box first - such jerks

there are only 512 people in this town - they KNOW who we are and they know the physical address ~~ i hate passive aggressive sh*t!

THREE!

2009-09-26T07:55:00.005-04:00

,3,3,3,3,3,

3.....3......3

3 ~ 3 ~ 3

a favorite number ~~ how fast they grow!

do you like Socks!

2009-09-23T07:33:00.002-04:00

i do! these are going to be weird ~ at least i hope so! it's a "mojo sock recipe"

yay! finally moving up the leg ~ oopsie! gotta get the other one longer :P

waiting.......waiting.......Loopy says "this pretty sock yarn can't wait anymore!"

speaking of longer ~~ the snakey scarfy is ready for the scary head and tongue!

double YAY!! ~~ now we're talking ~~ two legs to finish then Loopy's yarn can become sockies ;)

last weekend

2009-09-20T07:29:00.002-04:00

spent some time back home..........

yep! everyone calls it home ~ it is........

nice flip

oopsie!! the cell shouldn't be there :P

hey!

extreme concentration

getting wet ~ supposed to be rinsing sand but hey............

i can to do it!

k-reepy!

2009-09-18T07:24:00.002-04:00

these are for L J !!

found this out back for ya :)

click for big!!! this thing is huge!

why hello there.....................

cool yellow spots

Happy Birthday to YOU!!!!

2009-09-14T08:47:00.000-04:00

#1 son

cool shades!

cool fish!

GOTCHA!

oh and......... Happy Anniversary too!!!

thanks for the pose you two!!

psst.....this was scheduled to post on 9/14/09 at 8:47am ~~ his birth time ~~ wahhh......it didn't work

back to socks!....sorta

2009-09-10T07:58:00.005-04:00

while missing my cutie pies............socks are hanging around!

complete for the big feet person!!

ahhhhhhhhhh..........bamboo yarn.............actually.............weird to work with!

grapes are............graping! guess i'll be learning how to make Concord Grape Jam!!

my turkey family of 8 are ok ~~~ been worried ~~~~ lots of shooting around here :P